horrible truck stops

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by ann2009, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. amoren75

    amoren75 Bobtail Member

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    Thanks for the update
     
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  3. TruckerLlew

    TruckerLlew Medium Load Member

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    Sadly, Jimmy Doyle's Country Club closed last year. That's one of the places I always wanted to go but never had the time or opportunity.
     
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  4. CatchUp

    CatchUp Bobtail Member

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    Only been driving for a little over 6 months but here's my list:
    Pilot in Barstow CA: horribly understaffed. A lot of drug addicts hanging around.
    Flying J north of Bakersfield CA. Big lot but there have been criminals breaking into trailers. My company tells drivers to avoid it.
    Flying J in West Memphis on the Arkansas border: a lot of nasty lot lizards making propositions to drivers.
    Flying J in Aurora CO. Packed 24/7, almost impossible to find parking, also understaffed and a lot of undesirables hanging around
    TA in Wheat Ridge CO. One of the most disgusting bathrooms I've ever seen. Been here three times and every time it had gotten worse. Actual feces smeared on the wall!
    Flying J in East Atlanta. One of the worst layouts I've ever seen. The spots are so hard to get into, plus the road to the fuel island goes right in the middle of the parking lanes. Some of the rudest employees I've ever encountered.
     
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  5. Jubal Early Times

    Jubal Early Times Road Train Member

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    East Atlanta? There isn’t a J within 40 miles of the loop on the east side.
     
  6. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    He might be referring to the Pilot on Bouldercrest Road near Hapeville. That one is a dive.
     
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  7. Jubal Early Times

    Jubal Early Times Road Train Member

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    Yeah maybe. I haven’t stopped in there in a couple decades. Too many killings there for my taste.
     
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  8. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    Trust me,you aren’t missing much. I don’t hangout any longer than I have to in that place(I just get fuel,use the bathroom and then GTFO)!
     
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  9. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    You have more guts than me, stopping there. Same with the Petro up on the northwest side. I have no reason to stop anywhere between Dalton and Forsyth.
     
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  10. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    I liked the Petro at X 12, MUCH MORE than the bouldercrest road Peelot (Thanks to ducnut for street name). NEVER Went to Peelot at Night. It was CREEPY enough in Daylight. Northeast ? Petro is Northwest side, the one I recall and no night visits.
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    on west side GA., I usually stopped at X5 before the peelot slithered in.
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    there was one time i drove THROUGH hotlanta on i-20, Very early 2000 decade, ONCE with a 53' Skateboard, and a few times on I-85 North and South with Dry Vans. Quit rolling through hotlanta April, 2018.
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    Early 2000 decade, I randomly went to the T/A southside Atlanta (forgot the exit number). Had a weirdly good meal a few weeks before it shut down.
    Nights were weird but I NEVER camped overnight.
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  11. Capacity

    Capacity Road Train Member

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    What was that Truckstop shower that had the garden hose sticking thru the wall and you stood on a rotten pallet for a drain , the shower curtain looked like the inside of a used bodybag , was that Mounteagle way back when.
     
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